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I can't give suggestions on hand-lettering books yet as the few I have read weren't good...so I'm trying to find better ones. But check out Louise Fili and Jessica Hische for inspiration and of course Paula Scher and Sagmeister.
There are many other books so I welcome others to chime in and add their suggestions.
In addition to the fine critique others have given you, I have a core list of books that i adore and highly recommend.
Basic tips on working with type I like this book because half of it lays out all the "rules" and then the other half breaks them all - in a good way. Really laid back, easy to read, and good advice.
A good book on just some basics and a little history of typefaces This one's a little more in depth, but still a great book on type.
If you're interested in learning a little history
More history
And also, a wonderful book that reads a little more like a novel than a text book: Just My Type I absolutely love this book. It shows you some history, but at the same time everything is in layman's' terms and very easy to understand. Simon Garfield is a colorful writer and goes through lots of effort to show you all the things about type you might not ever notice.
As far as your type site goes, parts of it are really slick, parts are a little awkward. As others have said, legibility is (for the most part) king when working with type. I've made a couple of critiques on some screen shots for you.
Anyhow, you've got a lot of great advice from everyone here to work with. Just keep practicing and of course looking at examples type and analyzing why it's good or bad. Best of luck!
the first decent book i got a long time ago was Type and Image. A very good book on typography is The Elements of Typographic Style, for a wider perspective go for Typographic Design: Form and Communication. To get a perspective on the 'communication' part of graphical communication i'd got for Information Architects
I guess this list dates me a bit :)
For knowledge, I highly recommend typographic design form and communication.
For skill you really just have to get your hands dirty and play around with things, find out what works for your style.
This is the first book I ever owned on typography: Designing with Type, http://www.designingwithtype.com/ --- Another great book with more in-depth knowledge and student examples: Typographic Design, http://www.amazon.com/Typographic-Design-Communication-Rob-Carter/dp/0471783900 --- A good website: http://ilovetypography.com/
You need to learn the design part of web design then. If you can learn good basic design, then you can easily apply that to your web work.
Here are 4 really good book references that have helped me in school.
Meggs' History of Graphic Design ///
Typographic Design: Form and Communication ///
Graphic Design School ///
Graphic Design Referenced
Also, start thinking in terms of either Design or Graphic Design to learn either of those, stop trying to learn it through Web Design. Design is just so much more.